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       The recent “40 for 40 Art Experience” at Pompano Beach’s Ali Cultural Arts Center successfully brought together art, wellness, and community engagement in a groundbreaking two-hour program. With support from the Community Foundation of Broward, 40 students from the Broward community participated in this innovative three-part experience combining wellness activities, outdoor art creation, and personal expression.

The National Society of Arts and Letters (NSAL) Florida proudly announces its exciting new season of scholarships and competitions, empowering young artists across the state. Applications are now open in instrumental performance, voice, visual art, writing, and the national spotlight competition – ballet.

     Let those words resonate across the planet. The speaker is Yahya Al-Batran, a Palestinian man – a dad – imagining the words his newborn son would have said. The boy, Jumaa, froze to death in the family’s tent. The infant had a twin brother who was also lying still in their bed one morning recently. The parents rushed the boys to a functioning hospital, where Jumaa’s brother, at the time NBC’s story came out last week, was still fighting for his life.

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The unincorporated community in the San Gabriel Valley, home to 42,000 residents, has long stood as a beacon of Black homeownership and middle-class stability. With 18% of its population identifying as Black, Altadena also hosts a diverse community that includes Latino and Asian American residents. Tragically, the Eaton Fire alone destroyed over 1,000 structures, killed at least five residents in Altadena and displaced thousands.

Audiences won’t want to miss the opportunity to see Step Afrika!, the world’s first professional dance company dedicated to the tradition of stepping and one of the top 10 African American dance companies in the U.S. Step Afrika! will to kick off Black History Month, performing in the Lillian S. Wells Hall at The Parker on January 29 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Broward Center’s Mosaic Series. 

     When Florida failed to apply for the program, it turned down over $250M in nutritional aid, according to the  Florida Policy Institute.

     K’imani Gerven-McCoy spent her first day back from the winter break a little differently than other Flagler Schools students – singing the National Anthem at the opening session of the Florida state legislature.

     The International Longshoremen’s Association union and the U.S. Maritime Alliance of ports and shipping companies said they had reached a tentative agreement for a six-year contract, a week ahead of a Jan. 15 deadline.

The probability of Black students earning a bachelor’s degree when enrolled at an HBCU is 13.5 percentage points higher than if they attended a non-HBCU institution.

     The week of January 20th, we mark the second anniversary of the fall of Roe v. Wade and honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, reflecting on his enduring message of justice, equality, and nonviolence. Yet, as Southern California reels from devastating wildfires, we are reminded of how interconnected these struggles are—and how justice cannot exist without addressing the multifaceted crises impacting our communities.